The Sufficient (Vol 1) · Hadith 527 (#Ḥadīth #1)
Chapter 17 | The Imams are the Sings of whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken in the Holy Quran
1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الاشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ الْجَصَّاصُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله يَقُولُ وَعَلاماتٍ وَبِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ قَالَ النَّجْمُ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ وَالْعَلامَاتُ هُمُ الائِمَّةُ (عَلَيْهم السَّلام )
1. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari from MuAlia ibn Muhammad from abu Dawud al-Mustariqq who has said that Dawad al-Jassas who has said that he heard Imam abu ‘Abdallah say about the words of Allah, “Through the signs and with the star people do find their way.” (16:16) “Star is the Messenger of Allah and the signs are the Imams ”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).